Saratoga County Animal Shelter overrun with kittens, adoption fees slashed until September

Baby kittens up for adoption through the Saratoga County Animal Shelter at a pop-up Clinic on Route 50 in the Pampered Pooch & Pals parking lot. The Clinic is open Monday thru Friday from 11-4, and only cost of $25.Photo Erica Miller 8/13/12 news_Kittens1_Tues

BALLSTON SPA -- The summertime is when the most kittens are born, and the Saratoga County Animal Shelter is struggling with the nearly 300 kittens that are currently in its care.

In the shelter on County Farm Road, there are 178 cats available for adoption. An additional 114 kittens are in foster care because they are too young to be spayed or neutered.

This season has been slow for adoptions, and the shelter's new mobile adoption vans haven't generated many homes for the pets, Daniel Butler, supervisor of the animal shelter, said.

The shelter has lowered the adoption fee to $25 until the end of the month. The fee includes spaying or neutering, de-worming, shots and flea treatment.

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The shelter is asking people to call ahead if they are planning to drop off any animals so volunteers can be prepared. On average, they have been getting 10 new animals a day but shelter officials are trying to limit that number to five or six.

The shelter and its volunteers are "doing the best we can," Butler said, but they could use any help they can get. Felines of all shapes and sizes are available for adoption all week at the adoption trailer, which will be parked in front of Pampered Pooch in Ballston Spa, or at the animal shelter.

The Saratoga County Animal Shelter is also looking for volunteers to foster animals in their homes temporarily.

For more information, call the Saratoga County Animal Shelter at (518) 885-4113.